The Cobalt Industry Risk Assessment Framework: A joint statement

Global Witness and seven other non-governmental organisations
have written to the Cobalt Institute regarding their proposed Cobalt Industry
Risk Assessment Framework (CIRAF) on the understanding that no formal public
consultation is to be held.

The letter sets out how failure to adopt this OECD standard,
in full, would prevent CIRAF from being effective in identifying, preventing
and addressing human rights risks and abuses in the cobalt supply chain, which
will severely undermine its credibility.

The letter was signed by the following groups: Afrewatch, Amnesty International, Enough Project, Global Witness, IMPACT, Observatoire Gouvernance et Paix, Rights and Accountability in Development and Save Act Mine.